Re: Samsung R580 + GeForce GT 330M

Hi guys,

Sorry for posting this message here but I can't find another forum with people owning Samsung R580. I just bought mine 3 days ago except I can't create recovery disk (no option besides copy all the harddisk). I talked to Samsung and they said a Recovery CD should've been in the box. Did any of yours come with a recovery cd? any way to create it? Mine didn't come with a recovery CD.

Re: Samsung R580 + GeForce GT 330M

I'm also interested in getting this laptop, but not if it doesn't work well in Ubuntu.

Another one at best buy is the asus g60JX - and it appears everything works fine in it, or else there are fixes/workarounds already posted. But it's $70 more and no bluray (I can live w/out bluray though).

Re: Samsung R580 + GeForce GT 330M

Originally Posted by dugh

I'm also interested in getting this laptop, but not if it doesn't work well in Ubuntu.

Another one at best buy is the asus g60JX - and it appears everything works fine in it, or else there are fixes/workarounds already posted. But it's $70 more and no bluray (I can live w/out bluray though).

Hi dugh, I have r580 and lucid working pretty well on it. I have x86 (32bit) version of ubuntu with PAE kernel and have 4gb memory available.

Works for me, gnome applet works with the mouse wheel, so, is a start... for the ubuntu noobs i can say the file "xorg.conf" is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. So, for editing this file you can enter in the terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I have problems with skype, my webcam works in other applications, but in skype, i can't see my friends webcams mine neither but my friends receive my webcam...

5. Follow install instructions. (If previously installed the standard nvidia drivers, you should let the setup create a textfile wich will disable the previous drivers. After that, you should reboot and try again form step 3.)

Part 2: adjust grub
1.

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

2. Add acpi_backlight=vendor to the default command line, the line should then look like this:

HTML Code:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"

3.

Code:

sudo update-grub

Part 3: enable screen adjustments
1.

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2. Add the following line in the device section: Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
My own section looked like this: